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Nonhuman Mobilities and Multispecies Border Regimes in (Post‐)Colonial Southern Africa**
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.This article explores how borders in Southern Africa—such as Namibia's internal veterinary and settler border (Red Line) and national borders between Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana—functioned not only as territorial dividers but as tools to shape colonial and postcolonial multispecies hierarchies. These borders regulated human and animal movement,
Luregn Lenggenhager
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Scientific ReportsUlcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory disorder primarily affecting the colonic mucosa and submucosa. Butea monosperma stem bark is traditionally used in Ayurveda for diarrhea, inflammatory diseases, and Grahani Roga, which shares similarities
Suman Mondal +7 more
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Crafting Colonial Companions: Zionist Botany in Palestine, 1900‐1930s**
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.In the early twentieth century, agricultural research played an important role in the Zionist movement's efforts to increase Palestine's productivity and to facilitate large‐scale Jewish settlement. Recent historiography has started to recognize the importance of agronomists and botanists as central actors in the broader project of Jewish‐Zionist ...
Mona Bieling
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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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RNA‐centric world of retroviruses: unravelling the molecular strategies of genomic RNA packaging
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Retroviruses constitute a unique group of RNA viruses that have profoundly influenced both evolutionary trajectories and biomedical research. Their ability to reverse transcribe and integrate into host genomes has shaped genomic architecture across species and contributed to our understanding of oncogenes, gene regulation, and RNA biology ...
Mohammad Abdullah Jehad +5 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores how sustainability is perceived and prioritized by consumers within full‐service restaurants and rural agritourism settings in Italy, examining the socio‐cultural and economic role of the HoReCa sector in promoting sustainable practices and analyzing gender and generational differences in consumer behavior.
Roberta Minazzi +3 more
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Nudging ESG Investments via Digital Financial Advising: Evidence From an Investment Game Experiment
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The influence of financial advisors on retail investors' sustainable investment choices remains surprisingly underexplored, despite their potential to shape investment behavior. This study uses an experimental design to examine how sustainability‐related information provided by a digital (simulated) financial advisor affects individual demand ...
Caterina Lucarelli +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The concept of predictive maintenance in advanced manufacturing systems is crucial from the point of view of resource efficiency in the era of high competitiveness forced by energy transformation in the digital economy. Against the backdrop of sustainability and the opportunities a data cooperative offers, the combination of predictive ...
Christian Schachtner +6 more
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The Influence of ESG Controversies on Financing Costs for European Companies: Does Culture Matter?
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) controversies and corporate financing costs, focusing on the moderating effect of national culture. It analyzes European companies listed on the STOXX 600 Index from 2016 to 2023.
Souad Brinette +2 more
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